Foster
Keegan, Claire2022
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A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is. Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan's great accomplishment and talent.
Main title:
Foster / by Claire Keegan.
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Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2022.©2022.
Collation:
88 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010.
Awards:
Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award 2009.
ISBN:
9780571379149 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
507701
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